PropertyData alternative

PropertyData values property from £15 a month + VAT. SiteLens finds the work planning creates, from £0.

PropertyData: Basic £15, Standard £24, Pro £35 and Unlimited £60 a month, all excluding VAT, monthly rolling with no contract. Paying yearly saves 10%: £162, £259, £378 or £648 a year. The 14-day free trial takes a card and charges at the end unless you cancel.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually. Self-serve, no contract, cancel online.

Checked 21 October 2026.

PropertyData helps investors and developers value and source property. SiteLens finds the construction work planning creates: every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by the trades it needs and in your inbox each morning.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you win work from planning applications: a subcontractor, supplier, installer or consultant who wants the new applications in your area sorted by your trade, mapped and emailed each morning, with Companies House checks on the firms you want to chase. Start free, then £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract.

Choose PropertyData if you buy, develop or value residential property and want instant valuations, comparables, yields and over 40 sourcing strategies, from £15 a month + VAT.

What SiteLens does better

Sorted by your trade

22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables, mark the trades each application needs, so a roofer’s alert holds roofing jobs. PropertyData’s planning alerts filter new applications in your saved areas.

Who is behind it, checked

Companies House numbers are matched to applicants, agents and contractors on every plan. Pro names the firms, opens the directors and filing health, and adds the agent’s published email and phone, plus 15 contact lookups a month.

From approval to start on site

Decision alerts on every plan, an “About to start on site” alert, building-control starts and public tenders near each site tell you when a scheme turns into a job. PropertyData’s website does not mention tenders.

SiteLens vs PropertyData, feature by feature

Each PropertyData entry comes from its own website unless the cell says otherwise. Checked 21 October 2026.

Feature	SiteLens	PropertyData
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually	£15, £24, £35 or £60/mo, excluding VAT; 10% less billed yearly
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	14-day free trial with a card, charged at the end unless you cancel
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	Monthly or yearly rolling, no contract; pause for up to 6 months
Users	Pro for one; Team for up to 5 at £99/mo, or £79/mo billed annually	One named user; extra users on Unlimited at £25/mo each
Site sourcing and appraisal	No. SiteLens finds the work planning creates	Title boundaries and owners on every plan; over 40 sourcing strategies with daily alerts; a development calculator and build costs
Valuations and comparables	No valuations; Land Registry sale prices by postcode (Pro)	Instant sale and rental valuations with comparables, on every plan
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	“99%+ coverage of all planning applications UK-wide”, on its plot map
Alerts on new applications	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Filtered email alerts on saved areas: 2, 6, 10 or unlimited by plan
Decision alerts	On every plan, including free	Not mentioned on its website
Trade tags	22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables	Not mentioned on its website
Automatic classification	Project type, stage, building type and a plain-English brief	An AI summary of what is being built and refused in your area
Plain-English search	Included	George, an AI assistant for questions about UK property
AI connectors (Claude, ChatGPT)	No	Claude, ChatGPT and coding assistants, with an API plan or bolt-on
Project values	Estimated value bands, each naming its basis	No value per application on its website; GDV valuation for your own schemes
Maps and site data	Map search; 24 planning constraint flags, six drawn on the map; EPC and a street-level imagery link; history at the address on Pro	Plot map with green belt, AONB and flood warnings; settlement boundaries and Article 4 on Pro and Unlimited
Contact details	Agent’s published email and phone, the named project team and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	Not advertised for planning applicants or agents
Companies House match	Yes, on every plan (directors, accounts and charges on Pro)	Not mentioned for planning applicants or agents
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Not mentioned on its website
Letter sending	No. SiteLens does not print or post letters	Personalised letter campaigns to find willing sellers
Pipeline and exports	Built-in leads pipeline; CSV with HubSpot and Salesforce columns (Pro)	Saved areas and plots; CSV downloads of planning results
API	API plan from £149/mo, billed annually	API plans from £30 to £800/mo, excluding VAT
Market analytics	Approval rates, decision times and volumes by council (Pro)	Prices, rents, yields, growth and demographics by area; heatmaps from Standard

See your own patch before you decide.

Search 380+ UK councils free, with no card. When you want the names behind the schemes, try Pro free for 7 days. After that, Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract.

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When you should still pick PropertyData

If your job is buying, developing or valuing property, PropertyData is built for it. Every plan has instant sale and rental valuations with the comparable evidence behind them, prices, rents, yields and growth by area, a development calculator with build costs, and over 40 sourcing strategies found daily with email alerts. It adds personalised letter campaigns to find willing sellers, George, its AI property assistant, and connectors for Claude and ChatGPT with an API plan, from £15 a month + VAT.

If you win work from what gets built, as a subcontractor, supplier, installer or consultant, you need the new applications in your patch sorted by your trade and in your inbox each morning, with Companies House checks on the firms you chase. That is SiteLens Pro at £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, and the free plan has no time limit and needs no card.

Can you use both?

A small developer might. Use PropertyData to value a site and decide whether to buy. SiteLens then shows the new applications around it, sorted by trade, to line up subcontractors or win nearby work.

Frequently asked

How much does PropertyData cost?

Basic is £15 a month, Standard £24, Pro £35 and Unlimited £60, all excluding VAT, monthly rolling with no contract. Paying yearly saves 10%: £162, £259, £378 or £648 a year. The 14-day free trial takes a card at sign-up and charges at the end unless you cancel.

Does PropertyData have a free plan?

No. It has a 14-day free trial that takes a card and charges at the end unless you cancel, with a reminder two days before, and refunds a charge if you ask within 10 days. SiteLens has a free plan with no time limit and no card, plus a 7-day Pro trial with no card.

Does PropertyData classify planning applications by trade?

No trade tags are mentioned on its website. Its planning alerts filter new applications in your saved areas, and its planning map adds an AI summary of what is being built and refused. SiteLens tags each new application across 380+ UK councils with the trades it needs. SiteLens value bands are estimated and name their basis.

Is SiteLens a replacement for PropertyData?

Not for buying or valuing property: SiteLens has no valuations or sourcing strategies, and SiteLens does not print or post letters. It is for subcontractors, suppliers and consultants who win work from planning, with every new application across 380+ UK councils sorted by trade and emailed each morning.

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